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ReviewNeuroImage2014

Theta rhythm and the encoding and retrieval of space and time.

Michael E Hasselmo, Chantal E Stern

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In one paragraph

Review in NeuroImage, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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133citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

133 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Volitional learning promotes theta phase coding in the human hippocampus.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  4. Positive and Negative Retinotopic Codes in the Human Hippocampus.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  14. Long-Term Memory Updating Parallels Altered Awake and Sleep Hippocampal Replays.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  15. Theta-nested gamma oscillations balance prediction and vigilance in spatial navigation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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73 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Michael E HasselmoCenter for Memory and Brain, Department of Psychology and Graduate Program for Neuroscience, Boston University, 2 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. Electronic address: hasselmo@bu.edu.
Chantal E Stern

Funding

Prefrontal and Medial-Temporal Interactions in MemoryP50MH094263 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI MILLER, EARL K · 2011 to 2015
$8.7M
NEUROMODULATION AND CORTICAL MEMORY FUNCTIONR01MH060013 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI HASSELMO, MICHAEL E · 2000 to 2019
$6.8M
Mechanisms of Entorhinal Cortex FunctionR01MH061492 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI HASSELMO, MICHAEL E · 2000 to 2017
$5.0M
NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH094263NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060013NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH061492NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH60013NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH61492
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physiological data demonstrates theta frequency oscillations associated with memory function and spatial behavior. Modeling and data from animals provide a perspective on the functional role of theta rhythm, including correlations with behavioral performance and coding by timing of spikes relative to phase of oscillations. Data supports a theorized role of theta rhythm in setting the dynamics for encoding and retrieval within cortical circuits. Recent data also supports models showing how network and cellular theta rhythmicity allows neurons in the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus to code time and space as a possible substrate for encoding events in episodic memory. Here we discuss these models and relate them to current physiological and behavioral data.

Indexed as

AnimalsEntorhinal CortexHippocampusHumansMemoryMemory, EpisodicMiceNerve NetPyramidal CellsRatsSpace PerceptionTheta RhythmTime PerceptionElectroencephalographEntorhinal cortexGrid cellsHippocampusMemoryPlace cellsResonance

Identifiers

PMID23774394
PMCPMC3918488

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